It’s that even after 4 months, we have no visibility into what’s happening. Or what has happened.
And that makes for a tough Fall. 1/
These are PRIMATIVE interventions we deal with because we have no ability to track the virus. Give us that ability, everything changes. 3/
But tests are far more important. They are the only way cases can be found & decreased & the ONLY path to normality until a scientific breakthrough. 4/
The only way to know how many people have the virus & where it is growing is with lots of testing. We knew this months ago.
And haven’t done anything. 5/
Think back to March. Is this where you thought we would be? 60,000 cases/day we know of & missing almost all of them. 6/
If all of those worked & we all used them, we would catch 60% of cases. As it is, those aren’t in prime time. But they can help us focus.7
(See my new book: Profiting from the Pandemic)* 9/
If it’s a week to 10 days for a test result, do people isolate while they wait? No.
Do testing results we see reflect reality? No. They lag a week.
Will people decide it’s even worth it to get a test? No 11/
I said that May would feel fine by looking at the numbers. But we would have no idea until later.
And now we know. 12/
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The day he expanded restaurants to 50% capacity was likely the day he should have closed down. 13/
Trump’s ignorance & indifference has grown lethal. 14/
And could have been seen in May if we had our act together. 15/
Same with K-12. They rely on testing.
So does the NBA plan.
So so most office plans.
So do airports. 18/
But we’re blind. Running out of PPE, no tests. No contact tracing. Trump wants us back to work but hasn’t lifted a damn finger. 19/
Mr. McConnell, your guy was supposed to have fixed it by now so people could get back to work like they are in the rest of the world. He didn’t. Stop hanging people out to dry. 20/
When cases move from the areas where we are indoors in the summer to where we are indoors in the winter, the same thing will happen again. 21/
Cases will spread up to a month before you see them now with reporting lags & timing of symptom onset. 23/
Don’t be like the governors who won’t admit the problem when they see it. 24/
People forced to work will be carrying the burden. 25/
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The rest of the world— who have excess tests (because they DON’T NEED THEM)— has no interest in helping us.
China tested 11 million people in one weekend. But Trump has made them all pick up our WHO burden. 28/
I guess not every song has a happy ending. But tomorrow’s will I know. /end